Forest Hill, San Francisco
| Forest Hill | |
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| Neighborhood of San Francisco | |
Stairway into Forest Hill from Pacheco Street and Dewey Boulevard up to Magellan Avenue.
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 Forest Hill
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| Coordinates: 37°44′53″N 122°27′47″W / 37.748°N 122.463°W | |
| Government | |
| • Supervisor | Norman Yee |
| • Assemblymember | Phil Ting (D) |
| • State Senator | Scott Wiener (D) |
| • U.S. House | Jackie Speier (D) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 0.93 km2 (0.359 sq mi) |
| • Land | 0.93 km2 (0.359 sq mi) |
| Population (2008) | |
| • Total | 3,106 |
| • Density | 3,345/km2 (8,663/sq mi) |
| ZIP Code | 94116 |
| Area codes | 415/628 |
Forest Hill is a neighborhood in San Francisco, California. Forest Hill is one of eight master-planned residence parks in San Francisco.
Forest Hill is an affluent neighborhood conveniently located near the middle of the City of San Francisco, southeast of the Inner Sunset and northeast of West Portal. Boundaries are roughly Seventh Avenue/Laguna Honda Boulevard to the north and east, Taraval Street to the south, and 14th Avenue to the west.
The area south of Dewey Boulevard is known as Laguna Honda or the Forest Hill Extension. The "Extension" is another section of Forest Hill, except with smaller homes and more moderate pricing. The name Laguna Honda means "deep lagoon" in Spanish and presumably refers to the Laguna Honda Reservoir at the intersection of Laguna Honda Boulevard and Clarendon Avenue.
Laguna Honda Hospital and Rehabilitation Center (public funded long term care facility) on the border to the east, School of the Arts high school is located at the intersection of Portola Drive at Woodside Avenue/O'Shaughnessy Boulevard.
Forest Hill was purchased by a private firm from the heirs of Adolph Sutro. Ground digging to develop this neighborhood began in 1912. The streets in Forest Hill were originally built for horse and carriage, consequently, they are unusually wide and generous. These streets in Forest Hill did not conform to San Francisco's specific standards regarding width, grade, etc., and therefore were not initially approved nor maintained by the City until 1978. Many of the streets are extravagantly landscaped and gracefully curved throughout the neighborhood. All the homes enjoy a view, some have full ocean, and others downtown San Francisco.
Forest Hill is akin to a "small town" inside San Francisco city: One of the few neighborhoods with no condominium, no multi-tenancy developments in San Francisco and has an active homeowners' association, requiring membership of all property owners and payment of an annual fee for maintenance of the planted common areas owned by the association. The association also governs remodeling and new construction in the neighborhood.
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